Baby Name Poll

Emmarie vs. Emrey

I love the name Emery but I really want my daughter to have an A in her name so we found an alternative spelling, Emmarie, but Emery is the correct spelling and I don’t want her to spend her whole life spelling her name, but one of my qualifications for her name from the beginning was it has to have an A in it and I feel like I would be upset later if I spelled it without an A. I’m just not sure what to do! Please give your opinion. It would be really appreciated! Her older sister is Lacey(3). Thanks!

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Emma in Western Australia

We have a boy named Tyler James and a girl named Gypsie Jade. Expecting our 3rd, which is a boy. I'm in love with the name Olly, but my partner thinks Gypsie and Olly are unique names and Tyler is not, so it won't feel right. So he wants an ordinary name. Please help with something unique but ordinary.

Baby Name Genie:

In the space between unique and ordinary is a special category of names I think of as "antiques." They are familiar and well-used names that are not widely in use these days. For your son, I give you Oscar Jude - a perfectly ordinary, unique name.